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Colm Grant

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Summary

Results-driven metallic Materials Engineer with proven expertise in alloy production and end-user applications. Strong technical skills complemented by extensive writing and leadership experience. Committed to continuous learning and organizational advancement.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Quality Engineer / Plant Metallurgist

Lenape Forged Products Corp.
West Chester
03.2022 - Current
  • Plant metallurgist for all types of large industrial metal forgings, for both defense and aerospace applications across many metallic families. Metals included alloy steel, stainless steel (austenitic, martensitic and duplex), aluminum, titanium, copper alloys, nickel alloys, and various super alloys.
  • Technical lead on the evaluation and interpretation of all specifications.
  • Managed heat treatment operations and compliance with requirements.
  • Led quality activities in contract review, process and procedure development, procedure implementation on the floor, mechanical testing, nondestructive testing, and certification of forgings.
  • Led nonconformance and corrective action implementation, both internally and with customers, as well as failure analysis.
  • Performed internal auditing activities and managed external audits to verify adherence and qualification to established quality standards (AS9100, ISO 9001, NADCAP HT, NAVSEA, BPMI, etc.)

Senior Engineer - Materials

General Dynamics - Electric Boat
Groton
08.2017 - 03.2022
  • Served as a general metallurgist within the organization. Specialized within areas of heat treatment, corrosion, forging, fasteners and failure analysis.
  • Led multidisciplinary teams on corrosion reviews of internal submarine systems. Served as the lead metallurgical technical corrosion contact for ~4 years.
  • Reviewed and assessed technical impact of nonconformances in the manufacturing processes of both raw material and final parts to determine whether the parts were acceptable for use.
  • Performed heat treatment audits of suppliers, both individually and as a leader within team audits.
  • Performed failure analysis investigations on a variety of base materials both for raw material and final parts.
  • Wrote many technical reports both for internal use, and for submittal to the NAVY.

Education

Master of Engineering, Bachelor of Science - Materials Science And Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
12-2016

Skills

  • Metallurgical experience across many different alloy families
  • Heat treatment management
  • Quality standards compliance
  • Failure analysis
  • Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing
  • Technical report writing
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving
  • Leadership skills
  • Quality Management Systems and NADCAP compliance
  • Team leadership

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sr. Quality Engineer / Plant Metallurgist

Lenape Forged Products Corp.
03.2022 - Current

Senior Engineer - Materials

General Dynamics - Electric Boat
08.2017 - 03.2022

Master of Engineering, Bachelor of Science - Materials Science And Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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